337 ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 403
- 2016: 353
- 2021: 337
The number of people who usually live in the area, counted on Census night.
Bulloo · Council (LGA)
Demographics & Identity in Bulloo
Who lives here — how many people, how old they are, and how communities identify.
Fewer people live in Bulloo than they did a decade ago, with the population shrinking by 16% since 2011. This sparsely populated area now has 337 residents. While the community is getting older, the typical person here is still just 36, which is a little younger than the national figure.
337
▼ -16.4%
- 1–2: 3 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–4: 0 areas
- 4–7: 0 areas
- 7–12: 2 areas
- 12–20: 1 area
- 20–33: 0 areas
- 33–55: 1 area
- 55–91: 0 areas
- 91–150: 5 areas
- 150–248: 3 areas
- 248–409: 13 areas
- 409–675: 22 areas
- 675–1,115: 38 areas
- 1,115–1,840: 37 areas
- 1,840–3,038: 30 areas
- 3,038–5,014: 40 areas
- 5,014–8,276: 49 areas
- 8,276–13,661: 54 areas
- 13,661–22,550: 57 areas
- 22,550–37,223: 43 areas
- 37,223–61,442: 49 areas
- 61,442–101,420: 39 areas
- 101,420–167,409: 37 areas
- 167,409–276,336: 31 areas
- 276,336–456,137: 8 areas
- 456,137–752,926: 2 areas
- 752,926–1,242,825: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Bulloo — lower than 95% of areas.
| Bulloo | 337 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Qld | 2,615,036 |
| Queensland | 5,156,138 |
| Australia | 25,422,788 |
Population
How many people, and the typical age.
The total population is among the smallest for this type of area. It fell from 403 people in 2011 to 337 in the latest census.
36 yrs ▲ +16.1%
Younger than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31 yrs
- 2016: 40 yrs
- 2021: 36 yrs
Half the population is older than this age, and half younger.
Age profile
How the population splits across age groups.
Children under 15 make up 15.7% of the population, which is a little below the national figure and fell by 6.3 points since 2011. Seniors aged 65 and over are well below the national figure at 11.0%, though this rose by 5.1 points over the last decade.
11.0% ▲ +86.6%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of the population aged 65 years and over.
15.7% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of the population aged under 15 years.
Age structure
View on map →In Bulloo, the largest group is Young adults (25–44) at 33%, followed by Older adults (45–64) (26%) and Children (0–14) (16%).
Identity & relationships
First Nations identity and marital status.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make up 11.6% of the population, which is well above the national figure. De facto relationships are very common here at 22.8%, a rate far above the rest of Australia.
11.6% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
22.8% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in a de facto marriage (registered marriages excluded).
Marital status
View on map →Bulloo splits fairly evenly between Never married (46%) and Married (42%), with Divorced at 7%.
Age & sex structure
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Demographics & Identity in Bulloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA31750/bulloo/topic/demographics-identity